MOSCOW, October 17. /TASS/. Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order, under which governments of Russia and France should ink an agreement on mutual recognition of education, qualifications and academic degrees. The document was published on Friday on the government’s website.

“The agreement regulates mutual recognition of education, qualifications and academic degrees from Russia and French educational and scientific institutions for further access to education in those countries. The agreement offers correspondence between levels of education and degrees in Russia and in France,” the website reads.

The countries will be able to realise easier education, qualifications and academic degrees, received at educational and scientific institutions in Russia and in France. The agreement can make work in Russia appealing for specialists educated at France’s leading educational and scientific centers.